Update: The video was removed from YouTube. Find it below from the Smithsonian Channel Plus on Facebook.
From 0 to 75mph in just three seconds — in just three strides, it’s faster than most of the world’s fastest super cars — the Smithsonian Channel describes the biomechanics behind why the cheetah is the world’s fastest land animal.
Follow this video up with this singular slow motion video of a cheetah running.
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